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It Was the Son

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Original title

È stato il figlio

Year

2012

Running time

89 min.

Country

Italy

Director

Daniele Ciprì

Screenwriter

Daniele Ciprì, Massimo Gaudioso. Novel: Roberto Alaimo

Cast

Cinematography

Daniele Ciprì

Producer

Co-production Italy-France;

Passione, RAI Cinema, Aleteia Communication, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Babe Film

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Family Relationships. Black Comedy

Synopsis

The Ciraulo family lives on the outskirts of Palermo. Nicola, the father, manages to support everyone by selling scrap iron from disused ships. Although their life is tough, it’s peaceful. One day a stray bullet, fired by a mafia hit man, kills the youngest daughter. The family’s desperation is immeasurable. There is a glimmer of at least some economic hope when the Ciraulo’s neighbour Giacalone advises Nicola to apply for compensation for mafia victims. Assuming that the money will soon arrive, the family starts spending it before they have even received it, getting into debt with everyone. Nicola falls into the hands of a moneylender, a friend of Giacalone’s. When the money finally arrives, there is not much left once they have paid off their debts. The Ciraulo family do not have a bank account. The money sits on the table with the whole family sitting around it while they decide how they should invest it. Each idea receives short shrift from Nicola, who finally comes up with his own: to buy a Mercedes. A Mercedes is a symbol of wealth, for many people the only real sign that you have escaped poverty. But for the Ciraulo family the Mercedes becomes the symbol of the Misery of Wealth, a tool of defeat and ruin.

Awards: 2012: David di Donatello Awards: 2 Nom., including Best Production Design

2012: Venice Film Festival: Technical Achievement Award & Best New Actor (Falco)

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It Was the Son

2012

Daniele Ciprì

6.3

(202)